Chapter 164: The Art of Finishing Meng Liang (I)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The men were yelled at, but they did not dare make a noise.

That gambling den had been raking it in for a few years in Hejian County, and the boss was thought to have been controlling the gamblers’ luck. He had even destroyed families through gambling. Most gamblers had lost their fortunes, while some had even lost their minds.

One could say that the gambling den was built upon the tears and the blood of gamblers. The boss had always played with other people’s lives, but now, he was played by a brat.

Over four thousand silver taels!

That amount was not something a commoner could earn even if they worked for their entire life.

Facing their furious boss, one of the men courageously spoke up. “Boss… What do we do with the one we caught?”

“Lock him up with the firewood! What were you expecting? Treat him like the god of fortune and pray to him?” The boss was furious and wanted to smash Meng Liang’s head in, but he held himself back.

Elsewhere, Jiang Pengji brought Nongqin along with her to buy some girl clothes and a large hat that had some cloth hanging down from the brim to hide her face.

“Langjun, is this all right?” Nongqin had not worn such high quality clothing before; she did not know how to react. She blushed and lowered her head.

“It’s lacks a little, but it is the only adult-looking one that fits.”

In that era, there were no shops that made clothes. Most families went out and bought suitable fabric to sew into clothes by themselves. Some families even started from scratch by cultivating the raw materials and then processing them into fabric. After that, they would dye the different fabrics before they sewed them into clothes.

Even so, there were still some places, such as large scale cloth makers, that sold ready made clothes.

Cloth makers sold fabrics but they do take orders to turn the fabric into wearable outfits as well.

Sometimes it was easier to hawk their wares to customers when they had a visual aid, so they would make and display clothes. The clothing was obviously for sale, but that was not the cloth maker’s main goal.

Jiang Pengji brought Nongqin around the cloth shop and bought her an outfit made of better quality cloth, as it complemented her figure.

She had Nongqin put on the hat and then bought another two bolts of better quality cloth for making her inner wear. She was planning to give them to Xunmei and Taxue.

The Liu servants had their own rules when it came to clothing. Jiang Pengji was not trying to show favoritism with Nongqin’s clothes. They were out of necessity, and because of that, she decided to buy some for her other two maids in order for things to be fair.

If she were to buy other pieces of fabric for them, they could not wear them out due to their restrictions, so she bought better cloth for their inner wear. That way, they would be comfortable.

“Let’s go,” Jiang Pengji said. Nongqin nodded and pulled on the cloth around her hat to hide her face.

“Host… Will you really not consider?” the System asked with trepidation.

Jiang Pengji had calmed down from her rage and asked the System seriously, “That immediate quest thing you added… Can it be uninstalled? Don’t give me such nonsensical quests. Even if you do, I won’t do them.”

“I’m sorry, but that module can only be uninstalled in the next upgrade,” the System replied pitifully.

“Which means that until your next upgrade, you will keep giving me these quests?”

The System watched her expression closely. When it noticed that she looked calm, it then replied with a faltering tone, “I won’t give any more quests. This module has a manual and the quests are given out accordingly. For example, if you encounter any important situation, the module will calculate the best result and path you should take, then set the quest. Once you complete it, you will be rewarded handsomely. If you fail or reject the quest, you will receive punishment in accordance to the reward…”

Jiang Pengji was silent for a long while. Just when the System thought she was planning to ignore it, she spoke. “System, tell me again. What System are you? I want to know the full name!”

The System was bewildered. What sort of stupid question was that?

When it thought about her temper, it decided to answer, even though it knew that she would give it another dressing down.

“Multidimensional Court Intrigue Streaming System.”

“That’s right. You’re a Multidimensional Court Intrigue Streaming System. Your quests should serve my main goal. What good was the reward, ‘Small Waist, Irresistible Shape?’ Obviously it’s because men love small waists and it’s to be used for that…” Jiang Pengji’s tone was calm. The System was suddenly on guard.

“I want to kill off those who dare to oppose me and become the emperor! I don’t want to sleep with all the men to make them make me the emperor!”

“Become the emperor” and “become the emperor’s woman” could have the same meaning?

“That’s why you can shut up now!”

The System dared not make a noise.

Jiang Pengji originally had no drive to do anything meaningful. Her drive to become the emperor was due to the System and the current era’s people. She did not want others to change her and thus, she had to change the rest.

As for the System’s level five electro punishment? Heh. Did it think that the elite soldier training was just a walk in the park?

The punishment was ninety percent threat. As for the remaining ten percent? She was clear on that. Since Jiang Pengji knew what to expect, she was not afraid.

The System’s intelligence was its own shortcoming. Intelligence was not something that it could gain through upgrading itself.

As for the level five electric punishment?

Jiang Pengji’s eyes flashed and her lips curled up in a smirk. It was a golden opportunity.

The elite soldiers had many training courses. The core of those courses was to use external forces to stimulate muscle growth.

The System’s punishment would not be real electricity, as the human body was nowhere near the System or any electric sources. It would most likely be some sort of stimulation through the nerves that would run through the whole body like a level five electric shock.

If that was the case, it was a good opportunity for her to train her body.

Jiang Pengji brought Nongqin back to the Liu residence and sent her to Meng Liang’s guest wing.

“For the next few days, you’ll have to stay here until everything dies down.”

Nongqin nodded her head and, at that moment, a sound from inside the room started to get closer to them.

“Langjun! Langjun, you’re finally back! If you hadn’t come back yet, I would have gone out to find…” The other stopped talking immediately and fearfully looked at the other two.

Oh. It was Meng Liang’s page boy, thinking that Meng Liang was back.

When Jiang Pengji saw the page boy running towards them, she suddenly smiled.

What a coincidence. I almost forgot about this one.